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Buenos Aires: Steak and the tango on a budget
Monday, October 13, 2008


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's capital Buenos Aires is a cosmopolitan city best experienced through its monumental passions rather than its monuments.

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Tricks and Treats: Zoos go all out for Halloween
Tuesday, September 30, 2008


TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ghosts and ghouls — friendly ones at that — are about to take over America's zoos.

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The excellent adventures of Alexander, William, and grandmother Jane
Wednesday, August 20, 2008


Alexander, William, and Grandmother Jane went to southern Indiana in search of good summer fun. They found it by the bucket-full. Alexander is 11, William is eight, Grandmother isn’t saying. Full disclosure: I am Grandmother.

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Scenery and wine in NY's Finger Lakes region
Monday, August 18, 2008


You might have a problem visiting the Finger Lakes region of New York state. Are you going to focus on recreation on and around the scenic lakes of this glacier-carved area, or will you spend your time studying the specialties of the many wineries that blanket the hillsides and sampling the area's restaurants?

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Americans part of tourism boom to India
Wednesday, July 16, 2008


NEW DELHI (AP) — Keith Lotman went to New Delhi on a two-week business trip. But a quick day of sightseeing in India's capital city left him enthralled and ready to see more of the country.

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Take a vacation in someone else’s home
Friday, July 11, 2008


If you are retired, you now have free time to do the things you may have dreamed about for years. But you also live on a fixed income and need to be careful about how and where you spend your money.

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Flight cuts may hurt Caribbean tourism
Friday, June 20, 2008


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Expensive jet fuel and a soft American economy are threatening to sink Caribbean tourism as airline ticket prices soar and flights are sharply reduced, choking the flow of the vacationers that many tiny islands depend upon.

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Alamo debuts audio tour of historic battle
Friday, June 20, 2008


SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The faint sound of cannon fire, firsthand accounts, the famous cry, "Remember the Alamo!"

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Flexibility, planning can help save vacation costs
Friday, June 20, 2008


NEW YORK (AP) — With gas heading for $5 a gallon, parents who hoped to take their families on a road trip this summer may have thought it was out of the question.

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US air travel options shrink amid carrier strife
Wednesday, June 04, 2008


CHICAGO (AP) — First it was soaring ticket prices and vanishing bargain fares, then new baggage fees. Now air travelers are facing dwindling choices for when they can fly and where — even to such popular tourist destinations as Las Vegas and Orlando.

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Storm snarls northeast air travel
Friday, February 22, 2008


NEW YORK (AP) — A snowstorm blanketed the city early Friday, causing headaches for commuters and delaying flights at the region's major airports.

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New Orleans revelers usher in Mardi Gras
Tuesday, February 05, 2008


NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Clarinetist Pete Fountain, dressed in a tunic as one of King Arthur's knights, looked frail but happy Tuesday morning as he led 100 members of his Half-Fast Walking Club onto Uptown streets in what has become New Orleans' unofficial opening of Mardi Gras.

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Questions and answers on terrorist list
Friday, November 09, 2007


WASHINGTON (AP) — Watch-list screening is best known — and widely reviled — for putting Sen. Ted Kennedy, Rep. John Lewis, the wife of Sen. Ted Stevens, a few infants and thousands of innocent U.S. residents through extensive searching and questioning before they were allowed to fly.

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Trump Casinos: the Art of the Comeback?
Tuesday, October 16, 2007


ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — For months, a tusk on one of the elephants outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort was missing, probably snapped off by a vandal.

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Bicycling in Sicily—sometimes bumpy, always beautiful
Tuesday, February 06, 2007


Truth to tell, Sicily is not the best biking country for a group age 59 to 83.

But having said that, I wouldn’t have missed it, not only because Sicily is gorgeous, ancient, and welcoming, but because my fellow cyclists were a great group.



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America’s cathedrals— treasures for history buffs and sightseers
Monday, January 15, 2007


The next time you plan a trip, why not include a visit to one of America’s many cathedrals or basilicas?

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